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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. You mention "we had also built a simple cohort-based analytics system" Is tihs a commercial/open source systems.

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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. You can find the 2005 version here.

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. For example, its always nice to have someone constantly optimizing your SEM accounts, driving down your CPA. But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody. Being a manager didnt sound fun - deep down, who really wants to be held accountable for other peoples actions? So I wound up learning the discipline of managing other people. I dont think so.

CTO

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Strategic Report to the CEO or board as an active part of the senior management team. Ensure uninterrupted delivery of IT services by defining and managing against external service level agreements with suppliers and internal agreements with end users. Past contribution to one or more Open Source projects.

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? SolidWorks 3: The best VAR management program in the world? Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur

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Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Our open source counterparts who did solve the scale problem, had some serious hardware costs to deal with. So did I when I finally found myself building an app with real scalability, a few years later, but a combination of our just-in-time scalability technique and great open source scaling tools, made it manageable.

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Customer Development

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Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 1, 2008 Test-Driven Development as andon cord You cannot control what you cannot see, and the hardest part of managing software projects is that the final product is so intangible. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC

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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

I originally thought I might get some development process tips (I manage developers), but I find that Im really enjoying your business tips (SEM, listening to customers, etc.). Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Like gmlk, I usually subscribe the first time I find something useful.

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC Lean

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

but its really about how to manage your effort between what he calls the frontlist and backlist. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Page360 awesome post W3 Consulting Note: you can have multiple domain names: one for conventional (and one for emotional) branding purposes, several for SEO/SEM purposes, and several for Web analytics (where are my *offline* advertising dollars breeding positive ROI?). 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl.

Naming

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup

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How to Usability Test your Site for Free

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup

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Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Management (7). open source. Some techies have business sense; most generally don’t have a highly developed one. It can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff when you’re talking to a marketing person (‘Ah, you do internet marketing? And… what else?”). I Don’t Need You Anymore. Categories.

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review

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Not crossing the chasm

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

It solves the problem of communicating between a small group of managers, say twenty and a large group of users, say ten thousand. On the other hand, we provide a management dashboard showing peoples expectations of success for different projects along with explaination for why something will or wont work.

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

For example, I recommend that you wire up your source control system to disallow checkins while any of your unit tests are failing. Accurate - if youve ever been managed by task-tracking software, youll relate to the feeling that you either have to spend ludicrous amounts of time posting updates or the information goes stale.

San Francisco SCRUM Lean Continuous Deployment

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Thoughts on scientific product development

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Someone has managed to convince themselves that they have to do their big architecture change in one fell swoop. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? When Ive worked to get everyone to build in small batches, I would see this pattern in action. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product